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Women on the frontlines of the AIDS response : between one fifth and half of girls worldwide experience sexual violence, premiere of Women and AIDS film on International Women’s Day
08 Marzo 2004 08 Marzo 2004
Across the world, between one-fifth and half of all girls and young women report that their first sexual encounter was forced. Too many women are unable to refuse sex or insist on a condom because they lack social and economic power, according to the film “Women Are”, being premiered in Geneva today to mark International Women’s Day.
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